for the future breastfeeding mamas!

I was only diligent enough to breastfeed for one month with my 1st child and i regret it SO (significant other) MUCH!! i was a ftm and my daughter didn't latch very well. It was a big struggle and i remember using formula was so much easier.
I can't wait to really give it my all this time around! Also planning on buying a good pump. Anyone else looking forward to breastfeeding? Btdt moms have any advice for babies with latching problems?

Practice makes perfect!! That bonding time is so unique between a mother and child

I didn't breast feed my son because I had him so young and I was taking college classes, and I let my husband talk me out of breast feeding my daughter. I'm definitely going to try it this time. I'm more educated on the subject now and I'm looking forward to it!

Football hold and nipple shields got us started. For us there was always pain, two bouts of mastitis and latching was always painful. I made it 14 months though. He weaned himself. My advice is not to expect it to get easier, as it doesn't for everyone. Expect pain, expect the experience to change throughout as well. Still, it was awesome to never worry about bringing food, and being able to calm him instantly.

It's extremely hard those first few weeks. I used to cry every time my DD (dear daughter) latched on because it hurt so bad. My nipples were bleeding, raw, it was horrible. My advice would also to be careful with a nipple shield because for about 2 weeks my DD (dear daughter) couldn't nurse without one and it was stressful getting her off of that thing. But breastfeeding gets so much easier once you get through the first month or so.

I am oddly super excited to breastfeed. I can't wait for the bonding time and all the benefits it will give my baby and me. Don't worry, I know it will probably be hard at first and hurt like hell, but the reality of that hasn't quite set in yet

It's extremely hard those first few weeks. I used to cry every time my DD...

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08/07/2015

It's extremely hard those first few weeks. I used to cry every time my DD couldn't nurse without one and it was stressful getting her off of that thing. But breastfeeding gets so much easier once you get through the first month or so.

I could have written this exact thing. I used lots of lanolin cream to help with the cracking but I remember crying when I nursed her because it hurt so bad at first especially because she used to use me as a pacifier too, so giving her a pacifier (even though I said I never would) helped a ton.

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